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Really makes no sense. Google Hangouts was by far their best product for all the reasons you stated, and kept me on the Android platform + Google Voice. When th
by icelancer 5y ago
Really makes no sense. Google Hangouts was by far their best product for all the reasons you stated, and kept me on the Android platform + Google Voice. When they started to break it up, I went to iOS and ported my number. Can't be bothered to deal with all that shit.
- Melatonic 5y agoHangouts was just a terrible marketing name - it was originally Google Chat ( and it did SMS as well) and they should have just stuck with that. I mean hell - we are BACK to google chat again now
- sumedh 5y ago> Hangouts was just a terrible marketing name I still have a soft spot for Google Talk, that was such a simple name.
- Melatonic 5y agoTotally forgot about Google Talk and I agree - great name. It seems like it was right around that time that Google shifted gears from simple and effective development to fragmented and lacking in interdepartmental communication. Which is pretty ironic now that I think about it because were talking about apps they likely used internally for COMMUNICATION